Associate Director Environmental Consultant - Leeds, United Kingdom - AECOM

AECOM

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Leeds, United Kingdom

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Job Description:

Are you passionate about improving the environmental performance of infrastructure development projects? If so, we'd love to hear from you at AECOM.

As an
Associate Environmental Consultant you'll lead and manage environmental inputs to large-scale development projects that are transforming our infrastructure, such as:

Energy generation projects, including those that include carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and renewables (including solar and offshore)
Energy distribution and transmission projects (including international connectors)
Strategic national and regional rail projects
Highway improvements and greenway projects
Regeneration projects, including portside developments
Developments within the ecommerce, minerals and waste, water, defence, aviation, commercial/ residential and industrial sectors

As an
Associate Environmental Consultant you'll lead environmental inputs across all project life stages, from early strategy development and site identification studies, through feasibility, optioneering/ option selection, outline design, to detailed design, discharging of conditions, construction, and scheme operation/ maintenance.

You will have the opportunity to work across a portfolio of development projects covering multiple consenting regimes (DCO, TCPA, TWA, hybrid Bill etc.).

You will work daily with technical experts within our established Environmental Impact team.

We are a founding member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) EIA Quality Mark, whilst everything we do aligns with our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.

Your role will include:

Leading multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of projects, supporting projects to gain development consent
Leading the preparation of EIA screening and scoping reports and Environmental Statements (and in the future Environmental Outcomes Reports), including the technical review of specialist chapters
Client engagement and management
Working as part of integrated design teams to identify environmental constraints, avoid impacts and develop solutions in accordance with the mitigation hierarchy, as well as delivering benefits where possible
Working in partnership with internal supply teams and members of the wider business
Working in partnership with internal supply teams and members of the wider business
Managing resources, delegating activities, monitoring and managing project budgets (with support as applicable)
Supporting staff development and mentoring
Leading and supporting business opportunities and associated fee and technical proposal development
Promoting AECOM's environmental services to both internal and external audiences

Qualifications:

You'll have:

Proven experience of successfully managing EIA projects (including screening and scoping), environmental assessment methods and applicable planning legislation
Confidence when engaging with a wide variety of stakeholder groups
The ability to work collaboratively as part of an established team, coordinating inputs from specialist technical teams
Excellent verbal and report writing skills, including technical reviewing with an eye for detail
Project management skills, including staff resource management and budget management
A degree in a relevant environmental discipline (preferably a Masters degree) and an appropriate professional membership
Willingness to travel to clients offices

Additional Information

The following would be a bonus:

Chartered Environmentalist status
Interest in line management duties and staff mentoring
Experience of the DCO and/ or TWAO consenting regimes

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.

On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new ene